Orange County FlArchives Biographies.....CHENEY, JOHN M. January 6, 1859 - June 2, 1922
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Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923,  Vol. III  pg. 276

	CHENEY, JOHN MOSES for a third of a century was one of the prominent 
lawyers and men of affairs of Florida.  He enjoyed a high position in the bar 
of Orlando, and his name was known all over the state as one of the ablest 
leaders of the republican party in Florida.
	He was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 6, 1859, son of JOSEPH 
YOUNG and JULIETTE (McNAB) CHENEY.  He was liberally educated, attending some 
of the best schools of New England.  He graduated from New Hampton Literary 
Institute in New Hampshire in 1881, and in 1885 received the L.L B. degree 
from Boston University.  He was admitted in 1885 by the Massachusetts Supreme 
Court, soon afterward came to Florida, and in 1886 established his law office 
at Orlando.  He practiced law there and looked after the varied interests of 
an important man of affairs until his death on June 2, 1922.
	Judge CHENEY was supervisor of the United States census for the Second 
District of Florida in 1900, and in that year and again in 1904 was republican 
candidate for Congress to represent the Second District.  In 1906 he was 
appointed United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and 
held that office until August, 1912, when he was appointed United States 
district judge for the same district.  Under the appointment he performed the 
duties of the bench until March 4, 1913, when with the advent of the 
democratic administration the Senate refused to confirm him and four other 
republicans appointed to district judgeships.  Judge CHENEY was republican 
candidate for governor in 1908, and in 1920, was candidate for the United 
States Senate.  He fully deserved all these many honors from his party, and 
was admirably qualified for every office in the state.
	Judge CHENEY did more than practice law at Orlando.  He was a 
constructive citizen in every sense, and he organized and was the principal 
owner of the Orlando Water and Light Company.  He was a Unitarian by faith, 
was a past master and high priest in the Masonic Order and a member of the 
Elks.
	November 23, 1886, he married ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, of Bristol, New 
Hampshire.  She and three children survive him:  GLENN A., Mrs. D. R. ELLERBE, 
of Orlando; DONALD A., manager of the Orlando Water & Light Company; and 
JOSEPH Y. CHENEY, also associated in the management of the same company.



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